Interesting,
So the factory behavior of HP controllers is automatic rebuild is on, but I 
never checked if it will allow this on top/over a disc with a foreign config on 
it?

jlc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barsodi.John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 12:45 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: swapping HDs in servers
>
> If the Array controller has no initial configuration or was last
> configured to be a RAID5, then you would have a problem.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 11:31 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: swapping HDs in servers
>
> John,
> How would the initial creation of drives help at all?
> Is it not a matter of simply importing the foreign config? I have used
> Phil's method exactly many times before...
> jlc
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Barsodi.John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 12:25 PM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: swapping HDs in servers
> >
> > Bring the replacement server up and configure a RAID1 on the Array
> > controller with other drives(Smaller in size or same size)
> >
> > Pull the drives out, place 1(or both if  you've got a good backup)
> from
> > the dying server, power up, make sure it boots.  Slap the second
> drive
> > in if all is ok.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 11:22 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: swapping HDs in servers
> >
> >
> > Been awhile since I done this... any reason this shouldn't work?
> >
> > I have an HP ML350 G3 server (about 3-4 years ago) that is acting up.
> > I
> > think it's hardware related.  I have an unused (retired) HP ML350 G3
> > server
> > laying around.  I'd like to take the (2) physical hard drives from
> the
> > problematic server (configured as RAID1) and install them in the
> unused
> > retired server.
> >
> > I'm thinking the second server should recongnize a RAID1
> configuration
> > on
> > the drive and boot up without a problem.
> >
> > Any problems with this theory?
> >
> > J
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